Damaturu in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Damaturu in context

2.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2.43.24<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DamaturuYobe (Region)Nigeria (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Damaturu plotted against Yobe and Nigeria. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Damaturu's incremental SNDi rose from 2.16 to 2.38 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Damaturu ranked 4th out of 7 cities in Yobe and 95th out of 422 in Nigeria as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
2.38
Rank in Nigeria
71st of 422
Rank in Yobe
5th of 7

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
2.25
Rank in Nigeria
95th of 422
Rank in Yobe
4th of 7

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
2468<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
DamaturuBhedarganjBeechwood

While Bhedarganj and Beechwood both built increasingly disconnected streets over time, Damaturu fluctuated in its street-construction patterns in new street additions. For the full street network, though, all three cities follow the same trend. Damaturu and Bhedarganj have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.